Hong Kong is home to the most skyscrapers in the world, more than double the number in New York. But surprisingly, it fails to feature in a list of the globe's top five fastest lifts.
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- May 19, 2013
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Wealthy investors are expected to turn out in force when flats in one of the world's tallest buildings go on sale in Hong Kong this week.
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Shanghai is planning to build what could be the mainland's tallest building at more than 500 metres high, dwarfing other contenders to the title in the city, some state media reported yesterday....
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It is money, not environmental concerns, that drives Hong Kong developers to build 'greener' and more energy-efficient office towers.
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the top five ... tallest buildings
Taipei 101
Taipei, Taiwan
Standing 509.2m tall with 101 floors, this is the first building in the world to have rooms more...
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HK's skyline is just part of a global trend for ever-taller buildings
For a long time, I assumed that the world map was an internationally accepted norm, with Europe in the middle.
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